tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 10 07:21:31 2006
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Re: Klingon WOTD: Dap (noun)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, October 10, 2006.
>
>Klingon word: Dap
>Part of Speech: noun
>Definition: nonsense
>Synonyms: chatlh
"nonsense, balderdash" (slang)
This word literally means "soup". It is not known why {chatlh}
took on this slang meaning. The standard word for "nonsense"
is {Dap}. (KGT 148)
Antonym:
{potlh} "consequential thing, something important" (n.)
{potlh} "be important" (v.)
Related verbs:
{Dogh} "be foolish, be silly"; {ram} "be trivial, insignificant"
Related noun:
{Dap bom} "nonsense song" (n.)
Among the songs sung exclusively to or by children is ... the
{Dap bom} (literally, "nonsense song"), which teaches and rein-
forces Klingon musical patterns, even though the words themselves
are, for the most part, meaningless. (KGT 77f.)
Finally, there are some old but still popular songs that retain
old words and old grammatical forms that are not interpretable
in modern Klingon. In fact, it is not uncommon for Klingon children
to think some of these songs are nonsense songs, filled with silly
words, and then be surprised to find out that they are ancient
hunting songs or battle songs. (KGT 12f.)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons